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I wasn't going to write about this because there have been a glut of comments on the arrest of Henry Louis Gates, Jr. by people far more qualified than I--including the president of the United States.

WHY HOLLYWOOD MEN FEAR MARRIAGE By RM Johnson The question begs to be asked, why would a celebrity man want marriage anyway? The average A-list celebrity man has more money than the population of so

Check out my podcast on the new Black In America installment on CNN: http://www.getgreenbooks.com/AudioPodcasts/index.asp

Lesson for the day: Life is really too short! Today we lost Michael Jackson. I am not going to comment on his accolades or his accomplishments and talk about how much I loved him (which I did).

Check out an excerpt from a book I'm publishing: Everyone likes to speak of the Chinese and how disciplined they are. And that's because as a nation, they save more than 50 percent of their incom

Maybe this is why he won't get married. Check it out: By Zondra Hughes Hello, my dears. Just in time for Father's Day, I will impart these words of wisdom to give you clarity about your girl

Jon Voight, the actor and the father of Angelina Jolie is trying to etch out some space for himself amid the blithering voices in America calling themselves dissenters against the Obama Administration

http://whyhewontgethitched.com/cgi-bin/blog.cgi?blog_id=135890&cid=10 If you liked Steve Harvey's Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man, then check out RM Johnson's new book. More than that, we have a

I am so sick of seeing beautiful, talented, intelligent, spiritual women wanting to be in a relationship and unable to find "Mr. Right" or even "Mr. Aight" Are all the good ones taken? Do men have so many wonderful choices that they don't have to settle down with just one? Are the 'hoes o

This is Katy Perry's take on marriage...

By Yuri Kageyama ASSOCIATED PRESS TOKYO – No matter how independent, fashionable or popular she may be, Japan's unwed woman has long been labeled the eternal loser – lonesome during the holidays,

Two Neo-Nazi skinheads were reportedly arrested in a plot uncovered by The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms to assassinate Barack Obama and kill 88 blacks high school students in Tennessee. I

While much of America is deciding that Barack Obama is, well, too black to represent this country as president, the rest of the world is moving in for a take out. America, the good old US of A, is per

I worked at the Daily News for 16 years before quitting in 2004 and I have been back a few times since for tours of my classes. SInce that time, I have noticed that little by little the powers that be

I guess I will be Pepa's unofficial spokesperson and let everybody know that as soon as she gets back, she will drop in and catch up. She and Cheryl are in Los Angeles, so if you're a praying person,

There has been a lot of talk lately about women and equality to men, sexism and unfair treatment of women with this election. And with the selection of Sarah Pallin as vice presidential candidate for

No discussion of hip-hop pioneers should be had without giving props to the contributions of female rap duo Salt-N-Pepa. Sandy Denton and Cheryl James Wray were partners-in-rhyme who held their own in

Here's a teaser: On Sunday afternoons, my friends and I can be found at the pancake house, feasting on chicken apple sausages, waffles, pancakes and cheese grits, a caloric heaven that we have been s

There was a poll released today that showed that 27% of Democrats would be voting for John McCain in November. That's almost a third of all Democrats. So what does that mean? If a person is a Demo

An 18-year-old high schools student from Tennessee was suspended more than 40 times for wearing a T-shirt and belt buckle and other items of clothing bearing the Confederate flag. He attends Anderson

If you have black skin but speak Spanish, which box will you check on a Census? Black or Hispanic? A member asked how is it possible that the black population will remain about the same in that study

Please remember this face and know that there is nothing that WE can't do if given the opportunity and the training. Yes, we all know that black people can run fast and play basketball. But now it's t

There is a story running online about a bar in China (see photo) banning blacks and other "social undesirables." Here is the link to the story: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/07/19/no-blacks-mon

I know you've seen this already where Loreal took the liberty of "whitening" Beyonce in their ad. Today on The Today Show, Kathie Lee Gifford brought up the subject. She suggested that they only did i

Okay, it's in Japan. But it shows how far we've gone into the abyss as people. It's bad enough that we glorify prison culture with the baggy jeans (because you can't have belts in prison), the sloppy